Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir 10th october2013, Kashmiri Muslim sell camels in the heart of City Center ahead of Eid-ul-adha. Eid al-Adha is also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honour the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim SAW to sacrifice his young first-born son Ismail as an act of submission to God's command and his son's acceptance. In the lunar Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days. Credit: yawar nazir kabli/Alamy Live News


Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir 10th october2013, Kashmiri Muslim sell camels in the heart of City Center ahead of Eid-ul-adha. Eid al-Adha is also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honour the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim SAW to sacrifice his young first-born son Ismail as an act of submission to God's command and his son's acceptance. In the lunar Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days. Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a Sunnah prayer of two rakats followed by a sermon (khu?bah). Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the descent of the Hajj from Mount Arafat, a hill east of Mecca. Ritual observance of the holiday lasts until sunset of the 12th day of Dhu celebrate Eid-ul- Adha by slaugtering bovine animals like cow,goat,sheep , buffalo. (Sofi Suhail/ Alamy Live News)


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